Changing Date Format

Planning module now lets you change the date format using the activeCollab Administration section. Instructions on this page are now redundant.

The default date format in Planning module is DD/MM/YY. You may want to change it. Note that this is a system wide setting. You can not customize it per user as of now.

Customizing how dates are displayed in Planning module

Date format can be changed from the init.php file in the Planning module PHP source. We do have a note about this in the readme.txt file.

Here are the steps.

  1. Open init.php file in activecollab/application/modules/planning folder.

    If you do this locally, you will need to upload the modified file to your server for changes to show

  2. Locate the lines that read: 
    define('PLANNING_DATE_FORMAT', 'd/m/y');
define('PLANNING_DATE_FORMAT_FLEX', 'DD/MM/YY');
  3. Most probably you want to switch month with date. In which case, change it like following: 
    define('PLANNING_DATE_FORMAT', 'm/d/y');
define('PLANNING_DATE_FORMAT_FLEX', 'MM/DD/YY');
  4. Save the file. (And upload to server as needed)
  5. Go to Planning module and verify your changes

Date format in the Tickets module hacks are determined by date settings of activeCollab. You can change them from Admin – General settings, or by customizing them in individual user’s profile.